Hafiz soon
An-Naml · 27:48
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
Sahih International
Word 1 of 10
وَكَانَ
wakāna
And were
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
كان
Fi'l · VerbAnd were
Rootكونkwn
to be, exist, happen
1,390× in the Quran · Extremely common
LemmaكَانَVerb (form I) - to be
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَكَانَ (And were) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
وَكَانَ (And were) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles